Green Built Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing sustainability in the built environment through community education, measurable standards and regional action in Western North Carolina and beyond since 2001.

Our Programs

Our Vision

We’re connected to each other through the places we call home, but climate change is affecting the areas we live and love. It takes all of us to build the future we want, and our nonprofit aims to model how a community can work together to create sustainable solutions. Together, we can make a healthy, hopeful, clean energy future a reality.

News + Events

During the coldest time of year, come together as a community to enjoy craft drinks from a variety of Western North Carolina's best breweries and cideries, while supporting our region's clean-energy future at the first annual Brew Horizons Beer Festival. The festival will allow people to enjoy unlimited samples of...

Administered by the Asheville-based nonprofit Green Built Alliance, Green Built Homes is updating its statewide certification program this year to incentivize builders to incorporate elements of regenerative design in their projects. Formerly known as NC HealthyBuilt Homes, the Green Built Homes program has certified 1,600 houses by more than 250...

Our Members

Our diverse group of members represent a wide variety of green building focus areas and other sustainability specialties. We invite you to explore our membership and the great work they are doing in advancing green building and sustainability in our community.

Our Impact

2,280

HOMES CERTIFIED

255,000

DIRECTORIES DISTRIBUTED

11,500

PEOPLE EDUCATED ON GREEN BUILDING

$1,545,477

COLLECTIVE ENERGY BILL SAVINGS

4,440

METRIC TONS OF CO2 SAVINGS ANNUALLY

95,703,000

GALLON OF WATER SAVINGS ANNUALLY

Be part of the solution - become a member of the Green Built Alliance!